Hotpoint RB787 Use And Care Manual page 24

Before a Clean Cycle
the self-clean cycle. You may have to allow the oven
to coo] before you can slide the door latch.
1. Remove the broiler pan, broiler rack, all cookware
and any aluminum foil from the oven-they can't
withstand the high cleaning temperatures.
NOTE: The oven shelves may be cleaned in
the self-cleaning oven. However, they will darken,
lose their luster and become hard to slide. Wipe the
to make shelves slide more easily.
2. Wipe up heavy soil on the oven bottom. If you
use soap. rinse thoroughly before self-cleaning
to prevent staining.
NOTE: Do not clean the bake unit or broil unit. Any
when the units are heated. The bake
unit ctin be lifted gently to clean the oven Iloor. If
unit. gently wipe around the unit with wtirrn water.
Oven
light
Oven
front
frame
,
Openings
in door
24
Time: 3
Oven door
gasket
hour\
3. Clean spatters or soil on the oven front frame and
the oven door outside the gasket with a dampened
cloth. The oven front frame and the oven door
outside the gasket do not get cleaned by the self-
clean cycle. On these areas, use de(crgent and hot
water or a soap-filled steel WOOI pad. Rinse well
with a vinegar and wtiter solution. This will help
prevent a brown residue from forming when the
Do not clean the gasket. Never use a commercial
oven cleaner in or around the self-cleaning oven.
the top. sides and OLltside front of the oven
door" with soap and water.
oven cleaners.
Do not rub or clean the door gasket—
the
fiberglass ma[erial OF the gasket has atl
extremely low resistance [() abrasion,
and we] l-fitting oven door gasket is essential for
energy -cff'icicnt oven operation and good" balking
Do not down through openings in
let water run
the top of the door. To help prc~cnt water from
4. Close the oven door and make sure the oven
burn out immedia[cly.
not use commercial oven cleaners or oven
Do
protectors in or near the self-cleaning oven.
A
Combination of any of these products
porcelain finish of the oven.
Do not use abrasives or
An in(ac(